A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw |
|
|
Good morning! Diddy’s lawyers face an uphill battle in their defense of the hip hop mogul. Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy again, California will not administer its new bar exam in July, and the 4th Circuit will hear a case that’s part of a wave of lawsuits seeking reinstatement of federal employees swiftly fired by the Trump administration.
I am delighted to be back writing The Daily Docket. Stay tuned for some changes and please drop me a note if there’s anything you’d like to see in the newsletter. |
|
|
Sean 'Diddy' Combs in a court sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg |
Jury selection in the trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs continues today. When the trial begins, lawyers for Combs will argue that women who took part in his elaborate sex parties did so willingly, but his lawyers will face an uphill battle trying to undermine the credibility of accusers who say he forced them to participate.
Other high-profile criminal defendants in sex abuse trials have deployed similar strategies in a #MeToo era that has encouraged victims to come forward. Many of these defendants, such as R&B singer R. Kelly and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, have been convicted anyway. Luc Cohen has more on Combs’ defense strategy.
|
|
|
-
The Trump administration will ask the 2nd Circuit to put on hold a judge's order requiring it to transfer Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont from Louisiana, where she has been held since her immigration arrest. The administration will also ask the court to stay an order that allowed for the release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi. Lawyers at the ACLU for both students argued that immigration authorities unconstitutionally detained them based on their pro-Palestinian campus advocacy.
-
A 4th Circuit panel in Richmond will weigh a Maryland federal judge’s order that said the Trump administration cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and D.C. The case is part of a wave of lawsuits seeking reinstatement of federal employees.
- A federal judge in Boston will hold a hearing to schedule a trial in a lawsuit by university faculty groups challenging the Trump administration's targeting of noncitizen pro-Palestinian campus activists for arrests and deportations.
-
Opening statements are set to begin in Brooklyn federal court in the trial of Braden Karony, the former CEO of SafeMoon, a technology and blockchain company. He is charged with securities fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.
|
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
|
|
-
California will not administer its newly developed bar exam in July, after the state’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered a return to the previous test following a disastrous rollout in February. Late Monday, the California Bar said it sued exam vendor Meazure Learning, accusing it of failing to live up to its promises that its systems could handle thousands of bar examinees.
-
A federal judge ordered North Carolina's election board on Monday to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in November in a close race for a seat on the state's Supreme Court and to certify a sitting Democratic justice's electoral victory.
- Kelly Ann Shaw, a former top White House trade adviser in President Trump's first term, joined Akin Gump as the new administration's aggressive tariffs create demand for legal advice.
-
In more moves: Outgoing North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park is moving to McGuireWoods, former Federal Elections Commissioner Allen Dickerson joined BakerHostetler and Greenberg Traurig tapped Bill Katz as global co-chair of its antitrust practice.
|
|
|
That’s the range in which pharmacy chain Rite Aid has estimated its assets and liabilities. On Monday, Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years. Read more here. |
|
|
-
Apple lodged an appeal challenging a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the tech company to immediately open its lucrative App Store to more competition.
|
|
|
|
